How is dispute resolution shaping, and being shaped by, the development trajectory of frontier technologies? Hear what global IP leaders and legal experts from the US and Singapore are saying about tech, IP, and dispute resolution. Topics include emerging trends, best practices and insights related to AI, SEPs, NFTs, cryptocurrency and many more.

View highlights from our 2024 inaugural event in New York and Washington DC!

 

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3 March 2025 (Monday)
2.00 – 5.30pm EST
Greenberg Traurig (New York)
One Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017
3.0 CLE credits pending
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6 March 2025 (Thursday)
2.00 – 5.30pm CST
Greenberg Traurig (Chicago)
77 W Wacker Dr Ste 3100, Chicago, IL 60601
2.5 CLE credits pending
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Seminars are complimentary. Please register to gain access to post-event recordings.
For enquiries, please email ipos_hmd@ipos.gov.sg with "USA 2025" in the subject header.

 

Hear from these experts, and more!



[KEYNOTE SPEAKERS]

Daren Tang
Director General
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Edwin Tong SC
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, and Second Minister for Law, Singapore

Adam Kelly
Partner
Venable LLP
  

Adriana Uson
Director & Head (Americas)
Singapore International Arbitration Centre

Carl Myers
Global Head of Anti-Counterfeiting and Senior IP Counsel
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc

Christian Hannon
Senior Patent Attorney
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Chuan Wee Meng
CEO
Singapore International Mediation Centre

Daniel Garrie
Mediator, Arbitrator and Special Master
JAMS;
Managing Partner
Law & Forensics LLC

Daryl Lim
H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law
Penn State Dickinson Law

David Kappos
Partner
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Felicia J. Boyd
Head of Brands, U.S.
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP;
Chair of Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
AIPLA

Ignacio de Castro
Director
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center

Jenny C. Wu
 Partner
Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP;
Diversity Committee Chair
Federal Circuit Bar Association

Luke Sobota
Partner
Three Crowns LLP 

Mark Whitaker
Partner
Morrison Foerster LLP

Michael Martinez (Ret.)
Former Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel for Dispute Resolution
Marriott International, Inc

Hon. Paul R. Michel (Ret.)
Former Chief Judge
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Hon. Randall R. Rader (Ret.)
Former Chief Judge
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit;
Arbitrator, Mediator, Mock Trials, Expert
FedArb

Russell Levine
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Sandy Widjaja
Senior Legal Counsel
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore

Stanley Lai SC
Chairman
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore;
Partner
Allen & Gledhill LLP

Tom Pease
 Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Hon. Virginia Kendall
Chief Judge
U.S. District Court for Northern District of Illinois

Yeong Zee Kin
Chief Executive
Singapore Academy of Law

Programme

Time Programme
2.00pm - 2.10pm
Welcome and Opening Remarks
  • Tom Pease, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Danielle Conway, Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law, Penn State Dickinson Law, Pennsylvania
  • Tan Kong Hwee, Chief Executive, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
2.10pm - 2.30pmKeynotes
  • Edwin Tong SC, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, and Second Minister for Law, Singapore
  • Daren Tang, Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization
2.30pm - 3.50pmGeneral Panel Discussion (including global trends, best practices and local nuances)

Moderator:
  • Daryl Lim, H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law; Associate Dean for Research and Innovation; Founding Director, Intellectual Property Law and Innovation Initiative; Co-hire, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences; and Affiliate, Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence, Penn State University, Pennsylvania
Panellists:
  • Chuan Wee Meng, CEO, Singapore International Mediation Centre
  • Jenny C. Wu, Partner, Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP; Diversity Committee Chair, Federal Circuit Bar Association
  • Mark Whitaker, Partner, Morrison Foerster LLP 
  • Hon. Paul R. Michel (Ret.), Former Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • Hon. Randall R. Rader (Ret.), Former Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; Arbitrator, Mediator, Mock Trials, Expert, FedArb
  • Sandy Widjaja, Senior Legal Counsel, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
3.50pm - 4.00pmBreak
4.00pm - 5.20pmTechnology Panel Discussion (including AI, crypto, SEPs, and the use of tech in dispute resolution)

Moderator:
  • Tom Pease, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Panellists:
  • Adriana Uson, Director & Head (Americas), Singapore International Arbitration Centre
  • Christian Hannon, Senior Patent Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • Daniel Garrie, Mediator, Arbitrator and Special Master, JAMS; Managing Partner, Law & Forensics LLC
  • David Kappos, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
  • Ignacio de Castro, Director, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
  • Stanley Lai SC, Chairman, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore; Partner, Allen & Gledhill LLP
  • Yeong Zee Kin, Chief Executive, Singapore Academy of Law
5.20pm - 5.30pmClosing Remarks

  • Ignacio de Castro, Director, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
5.30pm - 6.30pmNetworking Reception
Time Programme
2.00pm - 2.10pm
Welcome and Opening Remarks
  • Tom Pease, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Danielle Conway, Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law, Penn State Dickinson Law, Pennsylvania
  • Tan Kong Hwee, Chief Executive, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
2.10pm - 2.30pmKeynotes
  • Edwin Tong SC, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, and Second Minister for Law, Singapore
  • Daren Tang, Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization
2.30pm - 3.50pmGeneral Panel Discussion (including global trends, best practices and local nuances)

Moderator:
  • Daryl Lim, H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law; Associate Dean for Research and Innovation; Founding Director, Intellectual Property Law and Innovation Initiative; Co-hire, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences; and Affiliate, Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence, Penn State University, Pennsylvania
Panellists:
  • Adam Kelly, Partner, Venable LLP
  • Carl Myers, Global Head of Anti-Counterfeiting and Senior IP Counsel, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc
  • Chuan Wee Meng, CEO, Singapore International Mediation Centre
  • Michael Martinez (Ret.), Former Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel for Dispute Resolution, Marriott International, Inc
  • Russell Levine, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  • Sandy Widjaja, Senior Legal Counsel, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
3.50pm - 4.00pmBreak
4.00pm - 5.20pmTechnology Panel Discussion (including AI, crypto, SEPs, and the use of tech in dispute resolution)

Moderator:
  • Tom Pease, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Panellists:
  • Adriana Uson, Director & Head (Americas), Singapore International Arbitration Centre
  • Felicia J. Boyd, Head of Brands, U.S., Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP; Chair of Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, AIPLA
  • Ignacio de Castro, Director, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
  • Luke Sobota, Partner, Three Crowns LLP
  • Stanley Lai SC, Chairman, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore; Partner, Allen & Gledhill LLP
  • Hon. Virginia Kendall, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court of Northern District of Illinois
  • Yeong Zee Kin, Chief Executive, Singapore Academy of Law
5.20pm - 5.30pmClosing Remarks

  • Ignacio de Castro, Director, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
5.30pm - 6.30pmNetworking Reception


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